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4.3.2.2. AMU
As part of initiatives taken by Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, towards increasing inclusion, AMU is engaged
in a number of activities aimed at promoting socially inclusive tools, services, and behavior towards the
whole University community. These usually address minority groups or groups at risk of social exclusion.
To do that AMU is consistently developing its strategic activities and tools in order to support students with disabilities,
which are represented by a Rector‘s Representative for Students with Disabilities. AMU also promotes
socially responsible behavior towards potentially excluded social groups (such as, for instance, the Visible Hand
initiative aimed at helping the elderly members of the AMU community during the COVID-19 pandemic). Importantly,
when supporting minority groups within AMU, the university also focuses on transgender persons by,
for example, developing new inclusive tools or running training aimed at increasing the awareness of AMU staff
about transgender persons and their legal situation.
Furthermore, to respond to the increasing internationalization of AMU, Poznan, and of Poland in general, a
number of bodies operate within Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznán:
BILINGUALISM MATTERS @POZNAN
Bilingualism Matters (BM) @Poznań is a branch of Bilingualism
Matters, an internationally recognized center at the University
of Edinburgh. Within AMU BM @Poznań is affiliated with the
Faculty of English and has the following aims:
• To increase general awareness concerning
bi/multilingualism
• To encourage bi/multilingual schooling policies
• To make research findings accessible to general public
• To help make informed decisions on language learning
and use
• To promote knowledge concerning linguistic diversity in
Poland and beyond
• To encourage minority language maintenance
• To establish links with other BM branches
The importance of multilingualism and multiculturalism is emphasized within the mission and all activities
organized by Bilingualism Matters @Poznań. BM @Poznań strives to promote linguistic and cultural diversity
by means of organizing regular open lectures, workshops, and individual consultations – all aimed at promoting
knowledge, increasing general awareness, and encouraging new schooling policies. BM @Poznań cooperates
with parents, teachers, health professionals, policy makers, and employers.
Center for Migration Studies AMU
At the Center for Migration Studies (CeBaM) at AMU social and cultural anthropologists conduct research on
international migration. The results of the conducted research are disseminated outside scientific communities
and translated into policy and programmatic recommendations. There are three main activities that take place
in CeBaM: a) Research activities b) Educational
activities c) Practical activities, which will be explained
in more detail in the following paragraphs.
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